Any previews on what we should expect? Or is it best to be surprised?
On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 3:46 AM, <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
> Well, I can send several parcels of ten or so. Just tell me where.
>
> Joanna
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> Definitely! What quantity are we talking? If one person can claim them as
> baggage with a straight face, it's easiest to send them to Cairo and have
> someone who's traveling in courier them through Rafah.
>
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 1:37 AM, <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > So, if I sent some books to Gaza, they might be received and welcomed?
> >
> > Where would I send them?
> >
> > Joanna
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 4:13 AM, C W Sedley <cwsedley at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > A data point on ebook piracy: based on the forums on the websites I
> > > frequent, a lot of the "customers" are third-world students
> > > (particularly from South Asia and Africa) who are unable to afford the
> > > mandatory textbooks. Textbooks are a racket and I fully endorse their
> > > piracy.
> >
> >
> > In Gaza, everyone pirates, even the universities, because in many cases,
> > the siege doesn't offer any other options. Recreational readers who
> smuggle
> > in actual, physical books cherish them, but that's an unusual scenario. I
> > can't oppose this, even in the abstract/meaningless sense in which I
> might
> > normally agree with Andie, Doug, Joanna, etc. (In practical terms, I'm
> > unsure what their complaints are intended to accomplish; it's more likely
> > for capitalism to fall than for everyone to decide to voluntarily pay for
> > digital property again.)
> >
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